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| Olive blurred by increasing incidents of suicides, fratricides | | Jawans crumbling under COs' surging career curves | | | Abodh Sharma
JAMMU, Feb 27: With Army top brass busy conducting studies to devise ways to curb increasing incidents of suicide and fratricide in the rank and file, sources disclose that ambitious commanders of operational battalions have been pushing Jawans to extreme conditions of physical and mental stress, which finally manifests in such incidents.
Though it has been commonly perceived that Jawans who have put in fewer years of service constitute the vulnerable group, the recent incidents involving those who have put in longer years in service would force the researchers within and outside the Army to review their findings.
The Directorate of Medical Services has concluded after condu... | |
| | | | Chopper service to Mata Vaishno Devi a health hazard for locals: LA report | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Feb 27: The chopper service between Katra and Sanjhi Chatt near Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine is being operational in brazen violation of laid down rules and regulations on noise pollution thereby putting the lives of the residents of Katra and its peripheries at peril.
The fact has been brought to the fore in a report of the Committee on Petitions of the 11th State Legislative Assembly which was tabled in the House on February 25.
The fourth Report of the Committee on Petitions headed by Congress MLA Ashok Kumar while reviewing a petition of one Krishan Kumar Sharma of Katra regarding unbearable volume of noise pollution being generated due to continuous operation... | |
| | | | AAP to take on Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 27: Aam Adami Party (AAP), which has been mocked by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has decided to field RTI activist Raja Muzaffar Bhat against Dr Farooq Abdullah from Srinagar constituency for the parliamentary election.
The announcement was made today evening.
Bhat, a Right to Information (RTI) activist has exposed many wrong doings by the Government and has made people aware of the RTI ACT and its usuage in Kashmir in particular and the State in general.
Even though AAP candidate may not be politically strong in comparison to Farooq Abdullah, but the message has been sent that the party wants to root out corruption and will field candidates even ... | |
| | | | SFC fails to proceed against erring officials | | Rs 2 Cr loss to SFC through wrong VAT billing | | | Asif Iqbal
JAMMU, Feb 27: The State Forest Corporation has suffered a loss of Rs 2 Crore on account of wrong VAT billing. However, the SFC and the Government have failed to punish the erring officials.
As per the details available with "Early Times", the matter first comes to the fore in the year 2008 and subsequently the then Managing Director vide order No: 3640-48/Bix/SFC/Sgr. Dated 22-10-2008 constituted three member inquiry committee comprising A R Mir the then General Manager (Technical/Fair Price) Kashmir, G Q Mir Secretary SFC and G M Patloo DM (Audit) SFC Srinagar.
The inquiry committee after collecting documents and relevant details from the department found that the interpret... | |
| | | | `Coalition candidates have no moral right to seek votes' | | LS elections | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 27: As the general elections are approaching, the National Conference (NC) led coalition Government will be trying to woo people with their fake promises and work done on papers only to get votes.
The general elections in whole country are scheduled to be held in April-May this year as the five year tenure of United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-2 will be end. As on one side the whole country is wishing change of regime and new and honest faces in the Parliament, the ruling NC-Congress coalition Government may field old horses in the elections, who have done nothing for the welfare of the State.
During past ten years, the NC and Congress members of parliament were not a... | |
| | | | Staff dearth hampers functioning, 68,920 ISSS cases pending | | Committee on Estimates reprimands Social Welfare Department | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Feb 27: The Committee on Estimates, constituted Speaker Legislative Assembly has reprimanded the social welfare department, as huge number cases of Integrated Social Security Schemes (ISSS) are pending due to staff dearth in the department.
Committee's report which was tabled at both lower/ uppers legislation houses revealed that amid availability of funds for schemes, 68920 cases under ISSS pending. "After going through the information furnished by the department, the committee expressed its displeasure over the large number of vacancies that is 32 posts of Gazetted and 171 non-Gazetted posts were laying vacant in the social welfare department and its subordinate offi... | |
| | | | Walkouts only help the Government | | Assembly session | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 27: Ever since the commencement of winter session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature in Jammu, the opposition parties, without any exception, are staging walkouts to register their protest against the Government's negative attitude towards their demands and suggestions. On February 26 also the Jammu-based non-Congress and non-NC opposition parties staged a walkout over what they said the "failure" of the Government to provide residential plots to border migrants at safer places". They accused the Government of adopting discriminatory attitude towards the border migrants.
It was during the Question Hour that a Jammu-based legislator raised the issue of problems being face... | |
| | | | Cong-NC Govt unlikely to establish new administrative units? | | Vote-bank exercise | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 27: The NC-Congress coalition Government is claiming on a daily basis that "new administrative units will give new impetus to development and ease the administrative problems of people living in far-flung areas. The NC is even going to the extent of asserting that carving out of new community development blocks, in particular, will revolutionize the rural landscape with fund flow increasing manifold and that almost every area has been covered under historic initiative and those nurturing the grouse of neglect will get an opportunity to put forth their case before the new panel which is being constituted soon and to submit report in stipulated time frame. These claims appe... | |
| | | | All Central Govt authorities in JK governed by JK RTI Act : SIC | | Dismisses BSNL's order to withhold information | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 27: In an interesting order the State Information Commission (SIC) has made it clear that all the Central Government authorities operational in Jammu and Kashmir come under the purview of J&K Right to Information Act (JK RTI Act 2009) and all such Central Government authorities have to abide by the J&K RTI law. The SIC issued this order on Feb 18th while hearing a case titled Vishal Chopra V/S BSNL .
Case details :
As per details available one Vishal Chopra, TAC Member BSNL, Editor-In-Chief Daily, Jammu, Metro Morning Newspaper a resident of Rehari Colony, Jammu moved an application dated 24-10-2013 before the Public Information Officer (PIO) cum Deputy General Mana... | |
| | | | 2128 complaints received, 1784 sent for departmental verification | | Staff crunch mars SVO, 55 posts vacant | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Feb 27: The State Vigilance Organization (SVO) which is an important organ of governance to curb the corruption in State, has been craving for manpower.
Half yearly progress reports between January- June 2013 and July-December 2013 tabled in upper house reveal the organization is working without adequate man power. "About 54 posts including AC (R), DySP, Sr PO, Account Officer, Inspector, Programme Assistant SO, SI, JE, ASI and other are laying vacant", read first half yearly report, adding that the organization among these post had referred 12 more posts to SSRB. Another half yearly report that is July-Dec 2013 divulges that total 55 posts including 1 SP, 4 Dy SP, ... | |
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